The meeting marks the beginning of the political talks concerning expansion of CEFTA in the Southeast Europe countries.

In his speech, Soren Jessen Petersen highlighted the Kosova role in region stability, because Kosova stands in the crossroad, not only because of its geographical situation but due to the process for defining its final status.

"Kosova, as any other country in the region must be part of region cooperation in general and absolute part of trade cooperation, especially", stated Petersen.

Petersen highlighted the important role of CEFTA not only in promoting trade cooperation, but also in other cooperation fields, especially in EU integration of Central European.

He hoped that CEFTA will play a similar role as it extends into South Eastern Europe, where the states striving for EU accession “are fated to co-operate politically just as they are fated to work together economically”. On behalf of Prime Minister Agim Ceku, the stressed the commitment of the actual Kosova institutions of to fulfilling the conditions of involvement in the CEFTA process.

“And we in UNMIK are committed to supporting them for the benefit of all citizens in Kosovo, and of the wider region,” Petersen said.

Where do you people usually write your comments?? On the walls of men's toilets?? The mental ability is that of 13--14--15 year old uneducated AND stupid children..

I do not see how any responsible Kosovar could possibly agree to theslightest influence by Serbia in the affairs of Kosova.. Everything I read leads me to believe the Serbs would start Ethnic Cleansingagain as soon as they thought they could get away with it----only with more rape, torture, then murder than before..

To a lesser degree, I do NOT see the 90% ethnic Albanian Muslims ofKosova protecting the rights of Serbs and other minorities in theway that will get support for its independence.. The Kosovars have a choice between revenge----or support for their independence..

As to revenge, the Chinese have a wise saying, "Before setting out on a journey of revenge, first dig two graves.." (Because the one seeking revenge destroys himself inthe process)

I hope your not reffering to me. And if you are then my name is exactly as I spelled it Kristian Kree-stee-ahn. Ppl do cut it short as you spelled it at times.

A response to yoru comment: Yeah its hard doing that with your mouth! And grow up bc its still to small to see.

And you admit that you're a terrorist! Wow how belittling of you. You couldn't use a pen to get what you wanted so you resort to terrorizing ppl. So what happened when you were a child? did you get smacked around by a serb or did a serb girl reject you? Or like I said before they laughed at how small your pee pee was! It must of been traumatic for you eh! I wonder how big your brain is? Or its big with no tissue matter inside of it.

Last time I checked Kosovans were not TERRORITS nor were they ever! So you must be one extremist fanactic in your own world. So go blow youself up and leave the rest of civil society alone. Or better yet I'll buy you a ticket first class to the hague! Or better yet a first class ticket to Allah/God/Jahova/Zoti! And they'll serve you more then just pee pee nuts (I just stuttered) on the flight there!

If it didn't pertain to me then I just vented for no reason and non of the above pertains to you!

"T.A.MCKELLIPS,I MAY BE JUST A STUPID AMERICAN THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE BALKANS, SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME.THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THIS PROVENCE IS THAT SERBS LIVED THERE FOR THOUSAND YEARS AND HAVE THE CHURCHES, MONASTARIES AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS TO PROVE THAT FACT. THE WHOLE WORLD CLAIMS THAT SERBS HAVE ETHNICALY CLEANSED THE AREA OF THE MINORITY ALBANIANS THAT ALSO CLAIM TO HAVE LIVED THERE. SO HOW DID THE SERBS BECOME MINORITY THEN, AND ALBANIANS MAJORITY. THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT HAS ELUDED ME ALL THIS TIME AND I WOULD LOVE AND APPRECIATE IF ANYONE OUT THERE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY.T.A. MCKELLIPS"

Because serbs lie when they say they were in the Balkans before Albanians. Any credible historian can tell you where the serbs came from and when they arrived in the Balkans and who was already inhabniting the Balkans when they began to colonise certain areas.

"Everything I read leads me to believe the Serbs would start Ethnic Cleansingagain as soon as they thought they could get away with it----only with more rape, torture, then murder than before.."

Thinking that Serbs will stand aside and watch Kosovo go indepedent opposite resolution 1244 which proclaims Kosovo still part of Serbia is very naive. You can't take away part of one country and expect that everything goes peaceful, maybe nothing will happened today, in 10, 20 years, but when someone stole something yours (UN resolution again) it certain that you will try to take it back. Especially, war crimes will happen again because of recent very bloody war where both sides think that they have right for some kind of revenge. Albanians showed it in already in march killings in 2004.

"Because serbs lie when they say they were in the Balkans before Albanians."

Who here said anything about that? Stop arguing about ancient history. It dosent mean anything. Its 2006 AD not 0 AD The government and ultimately the LAW rules the land not the ethnicity or ancient history. What ancient Slavic people did wasnt COLONZING either because they werent taking out resources and sending it back to a mother country like the Russians, were they? NO. It was migration and this part of the Balkans is now (and for 1000 years has been) as much our home as your part of the Balkans has been your home. If you don't like it stay go to a different part of Europe because this is the way it is.

Try the treaty of Berlin! Read it and see how statistics were skewed to gain land mass that really didn't belong to the Serb Kingdom as it was recognized by international law at the time. How Kosovo/a was taken as was Macedonia and vojvodina. Same argument only a 100yrs old though! Just like in Economics its a self correcting mechanism.

Now ppl can cry whatever they want and create future fears of revenge etc... If the Balkans do join the EU then some of these ethnic hatreds will be extinguished. And as every younger generation comes to life, more and more tend to shy from war and look towards peace.

The Powder Keg" as the balkans have been always called seemes to be running out of powder as each generation passes. And it will hopefully have none in my lifetime.

"If the Balkans do join the EU then some of these ethnic hatreds will be extinguished."

I disagree. There is no Serbia without Kosovo, so every EU project or chance of fast entry in EU can't compensate lose of Kosovo. The question of EU future is another story especially after Holland and France referendum rejection of EU constitution and present dilemmas about extension of EU.